The transaction will combine Enova’s consumer lending capabilities with Grasshopper’s digital banking infrastructure.

When it comes to leadership, women are often in a catch-22. Teams led by women tend to excel, but reaching a position in leadership is a much harder climb. The numbers don’t lie. Men are twice as ...

Simplex Trading, a Chicago-based firm, announced the appointment of Dennis Kerlin as its new chief compliance officer. The proprietary market-making firm works with advanced technology and software to ...

Morningstar, a Chicago-based financial services firm, has announced plans to acquire the Center for Research in Security Prices from the University of Chicago for $375 million. CRSP is known for its ...

Applied Systems, a provider of cloud-based technology for the insurance industry, has acquired Cytora, a digital risk processing platform that uses AI to streamline insurance workflows. This ...

Syndigo, a Chicago-based product experience management company, has acquired 1WorldSync to form a $3.5 billion enterprise backed by Summit Partners, TJC, L.P. and Battery Ventures. According to a ...

According to the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, the city of Chicago has the highest number of women founders in tech, with 34 percent of startups in the city being founded by women. That’s over two ...

Chicago-based GoHealth announced a series of financing and leadership changes aimed at strengthening its position as a health insurance marketplace, especially ahead of the Medicare annual enrollment ...

There is one phrase that can send an instant shiver down any product team’s spine: “Well that’s got to be an easy fix, just add it.” Most likely — no, it’s not an easy fix. “It’s really easy for us as ...

Before she went to college, Jeff Meredith’s teenage daughter would arrive home from school between 3:30 p.m. and 4 p.m every weekday. Like most homeowners — roughly 70 percent— she used their home’s ...

That’s how Deepak Thomas described his time at McCain Foods so far, where he has spent the past year working as a product owner for supply chain planning on the digital technology team. Throughout the ...

The best sales representatives are often the ones who aren’t selling anything — at least not right away. Instead, some of the best sales tactics revolve around solving a prospect’s problem more than ...